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HUSH Review Project: Part II-Civil War through WWI
Turning Points in History
Listed below are major turning points in American history. In each case, identify the implied event, comment on its significance, and then list at least three contemporaneous movements, trends, or activities in literature, science, art, society, or economics. For purposes of this part, define “contemporaneous” as any event within a five-year period of the event.
1861
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1865
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1877
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1914
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1919
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Points of Conflict
Part II-Civil War through WWI
Review the following conflicts that set the tone for the ages by identifying (not just the names or dates but the most important information needed to understand/explain the conflict) the main characters and the conflict, time, issues, and impact.
1. Woodrow Wilson v. Henry Cabot Lodge
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2. Rutherford B. Hayes v. Samuel Tilden
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3. William JenningsBryan v. Woodrow Wilson
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4. Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. DuBois
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The Power of the Printed Word, Part II: Civil War through WWI
Write the main idea and significance of each of the following books, pamphlets, or documents which had important consequences for American development.
1. Henry George: Progress and Poverty (1879)
2. Helen Hunt Jackson: A Century of Dishonor (1881)
3. Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward (1888)
4. Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth (1889)
5. Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Influence of Sea Power on History (1890)
6. Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives (1890)
7. FJ Turner: The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1893)
8. Booker T. Washington: The Atlanta Compromise (1895)
9. W.E.B. DuBois: The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
10. Lincoln Steffens: The Shame of the Cities (1904)
11. Upton Sinclair: The Jungle (1906)
12. Herbert Croly: The Promises of American Life (1909)
13. Jane Addams: Twenty Years at Hull House (1910)
14. Frederick Taylor: Principles of Scientific Management (1910)
Key Supreme Court Cases
Part II: Civil War through WWI
For each of the following, identify the main constitutional issue in the case, how the court ruled, and the impact on American history.
1. The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
2. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
3. Schenck v. United States (1919)